Device for marking cheeses or like blocks



June 13, 1933. Ffhol-:scl-ILIN l DEVICE FOR MARKING CHEESES OR LIKE BLOCKS 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 24. 1932 June 13, 1933. F. MoEscHLlN 1,914,035

DEVICE FOR MARKING CHEESES OR LIKE BLOCKS y* Filed March 24. 19:52 s sums-snm 2 June 13, 1933. F. M oEscHLlN DEVICE FOR MARKING CHEESES OR LIKE BLOCKS s shuts-sheet 5 Filed March 24. 1932 Patented June 13, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRITZ MOESCHLIN, lOIE' WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO FIRM SCHWEIZER- ISCHE KSEUNION (S. KJ, OF BERN, SWITZERLAND DEVICE FOR MARKING CHEESES OR LIKE BLOCKSl Application filedl March 24, 1932, Serial No. 601,002, and in Switzerland December 31, 1931.

6 ance revoluble about the stamp.

With a known construction' of this type the central stamp is provided with a shaft which is ada ted to -be bodily turned about the stamp an at the same time swung up and down and on which a conical rigid printing roll is mounted. In turning the shaft round the central stamp the roll erforms a true rocking motion on the sur ace of the block for marking or printing the same. The surfaces of the various types of block-cheeses, however, being different, as there are cheeses made in round blocks the surfaces of which are flat or more or less bulged outwardly or irregularly curved or else slightly chamfered at the marginal portions, a uniform marking of the block by means of a rigid roll is rendered impossible particularly when the inclination of the shaft ofthe roll relatively to the surface is not adjustable.

According to this invention these drawbacks are eliminated by providing the printing appliance with two conical elastic printlng rolls which in operating the appliance perform a true rocking motion on an inner and outer annular portion of the block and providing setting means for adjusting the level and the inclination of the axes of the rolls so as to enable the lat-ter to adapt themselves to the irregularities of the surface of the block.

The setting means for the axes of the rolls permit also to equalize occasional irregularities in the printing rolls which may arise, particularly when the rolls are made by hand.

In the accompanying drawings two constructional forms of the invention are illustrated, by way of example only, in which Fig. 1 shows a block-cheese indicating the printing rolls in the position thereon which the assume during the Tinting,

Iyig. 2 is a broken-o cross-section of the block drawn to a larger scale and showing the printing device applied thereto,

Figs. 3 to 6 illustrate details of the device,

Fig. 7 is a partial bottom view of the central stamp of the device,

Fig. 8 is a disposition plan of the device l as seen from above,

Figs. 9 and 10 are longitudinal sections of the two printing rolls,

Fig. 11 1s a side elevation of a modification of the device,

Fig. 12 is a front elevation of Fig. 11, as seen from the left in this figure,

Fig. 13 is a plan view of the lower part of Fig. 11, and the Figs. 14 to 16 are views of details on a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the cheese made in a round block, the upper surface of which is to be marked or imprinted by means of the device according to the invention. This device is provided with three main parts, i. e. a stamp S which is adapted to be placed on the centre portion of the block and two conical printing rolls 2 and 3 which are intended to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the surface of the block for marking the cheese. The stamp S is formed with a cast body 4 to the underside of which a wooden frame 5 for accommodating the printing surface of the stamp is screwed by means of screws 6. The stamp is so constructed that it may readily adapt itself to any surface of a cheese even of considerable surface curvature. For obtaining the great flexibility requisite for this purpose circular segments 5 are combined with overlying concentric rings 5 made of sponge rubber, air passages being provided between these elements which communicate with bores 7 in the wooden frame. The lowermost portion of the stamp is constituted by a rubber covering which is formed with raised portions which, as shown in Fi 7, provide a design and corresponding rea ing matter. The resistance of the stamp to deformation is smallest in its centre portion and larger towards the peripheral portions of thel same. The stamp is thus enabled to adapt itself to any surface curvature and to securely cling to the surface by suction action, whereby obliteration of the relatively line lettering is avoided.

means of screws 12, suchwise, that it is adapted to swing about a horizontal axis passing through these screws. Beyond the cast body 5. the forked supporting' arm 11 is bent at right angles and at the outer end of the supporting arm a boss 13 is provided comprising a bore in which a carrier bar 14 is mounted and secured against axial displacement by a cotter pin 15. 'lhe outer end or" the carrier bar 141 carries a control member 16 which is clamped to the bar 14 by means of a screw 17 and formed with a handle 18 which permits of turning the carrier bar 1d together with the printing rolls connected thereto about the central stamp. n a bolt 19 screwed in the control member 16 a supporting ring 20 is mounted to which two tripping rods 21 are secured. lln their position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 the rods 21 serve for supporting the device, a bearing surface of the ring 20 resting in the corresponding position of the ring against a stop pin 22. ln the position shown in full lines, however, the tripping rods are turned upwardly, one of the rods 21 being held by a clamping spring 23. ln this position of the parts the printing device is adapted for printing, whereas with the rods 21 1n the lowered position the rolls are withdrawn from the surface of the cheese for the purpose of avoiding being deformed. n

A split clamping member 2tis provided for each printing roll which is formed with a bore for accommodating the carrier bar 1d and clamped in position by means of a screw 25. The clamping member 24 is provided with a c lindricalneck 26 to which a mounting or earing membe.I 27 is clamped by means of a screw 28. Due to the fact that the clamping member 24: after loosening the screw can be turned about the carrier bar 1t and the mountin 27 alter loosening the screw 28 about the c amping member 24, the mounting 27 is adapted to be adjusted in any position relatively to the carrier bar 14:. The clamping member 24 is also adapted to be displaced along the carrier bar 14 in order to adjust the two rolls 2 and 3 a required distance apart. ln a bore of the mountin 27 a stub shaft 29 is rotatably mounted w ich is secured to a stirrup 30. '.lo the stub shaft 29 by means of a screw 31 a lever arm 32 is clamped, the outer end of which pivotally carries a lug 33 provided with a screw bore. Through the lug 33 and a lug 34 also provided with a screw bore and pivotally carried by the mounting 27, a' spindle 35 provided with left hand and right hand thread portions and with wings 36 for'turning the same by hand is passed. By screwing' the aereos@ spindle in or out respectively the lever arm 32 and the stub shaft 29 connected to the stirrup 30 carrying the respective rinting roll are correspondm ly rotated. i rotational displacement o? the stirrup 30 et fected by the screw' spindle 35 `serves for ad'usting the axis of the respective 'roll in or er to approximately adapt the inclination ot the axis to the inclination ontthe sur` face of the cheese. ,'llhe ne adjustment is brought about by the body of the rolls ming of elastic construction. Moreover, adjusting the axis of the outer roll in a xcd position is provided for, when for example marking a cheese of a smaller diameter is :et as in this case with the stirrup 30 lett tree to move, theroll 3 were apt to tilt onthe edge ot the block 1 which would render a uniform printing im ossible. 'llhe stirrup 30 is provided with with a screw thread for engaging a bearing shaft 38 provided with wings 39 for. the printin rolls 2 and 3 respectively. 'lhebear ing sha t 4:0 of each inking roller 41 is mounted at one end in a bearing member Ai2 which is guid in a slot d3 of the stirrup 30 and adjustable by means of a. set screw 4t. At the other end the bearing shaft 4:0 is guided in oles 37 one of which is formedl a slot of the stirrup 30 and the inking rollers t1 are urged against the printing rolls 2, 3 respectively by a s ring 46 acting on the stirrup 30 and passedP round a guide disc 47 on the shaft t0. At the outer end the shaft is bent in the form of a crank to permit turning the shaft by hand for su plying printing color to the printing rolls.

'llhe conical printing rolls 2, 3 are provided with inner metal tubes 51 comprising bushings 48 in which the bearing shafts 38 are mounted. 0n one side a conical wooden member 49 is secured to the tube 51 by screws 50 and in line with the member 4:9 two or three conical bosses 52 are mounted on the tube 51 through intervening bandages, not shown, for example of insulating material and wrapped around the tube 51, the bosses in turn being made of vulcanized rubber in -cluding inserts of sponge rubber. @n the bosses 52 and the wooden membertil layers 53 are placed which consist of lon'tudinal strips of red soft sponge rubber.Y :t ve and between the layers 53, layers 54 are ,ze laced which consist of transversely arrange rings also made of red sponge rubber. -tween the individual rings 54 annular spaces 55 are formed and between the layers 53 longitudinally extendin spaces. All these spaces communicate with each other and with dpassages 56 by way of which the entrappe air in the interior of the roll can escape when the roll is compressed on one side and reenter through the corresponding passages on the upper side of the roll, when the pressure on the latter is relieved. lin this manner the elasticity of the roll is substantially increased, the `layers being adapted to yield laterally, when compressed, so as to assume an enlarged shape. On the layers 53'and 54 one or more mantles57 of red" soft sponge 5 .r'ubberare laced on which a'rubber covering 58 provided with printin portions for reading matter is arranged. olls made in this manner are adapted to iit the surface of the cheese snuiley due to the elasticity o f their parts, as will seen in Fig. 10 in which the curved surface of the cheese is designated by 59 Ssee also Fig. 1). The chain dotted Alines in t e interior of the roll shown in Fig. 10 indicate the manner in which the entrapped air in the porous sponge rubber leaves the roll, when it is pressed against a support, and reenters the roll, when thepressure is relieved. Even if the rolls be made by hand and therefore not perfectly alike in all parts of the construction, it is nevertheless possible to imprint a block-cheese with the aid o f the described device in uniform manner, the rolls proper being extremely elastic and adjustable witli respect to their own bearing shafts as well as to the carrier bar 14.

The printing of a cheese is executed by means of this device in such manner that at first the stamp S is inked in with the aid of a stamp pad and then placed on the middle A portion of the cheeseand held in this osition y applying the one hand to the han le 9.

By this setting of the stamp S the middle ortion of the cheese is printed. The other hand is applied to the handle 18 of the device '5 b means of which after the stampS is set in p ace the rinting rolls 2, 3 arranged on both sides of t e carrier bar 14 are lowered until they rest against the surface of the cheese 1. Byproperly adjusting the wing screws 35, 36

o the inclination .of the axes of the rolls is then adapted to the curvature of the surface of the y cheese. Thereafter the surface may be imprinted by turning the carrier bar 14 by means of the handle 18 about the central stamp S, whereby the rolls perform a true rocking motion on the surface of the cheese, so as to print along an annular portion on the surface of the cheese. On the comple` tion of a full revolution of the bar 14 round the cheese the printing operation is inished and the whole device, removed from the cheese with the aid of the handles 9 and 18.

Alternatively instead of setting the device on the cheese and turning the rolls round the same as described, the roll carriages may be left at standstill and the cheese which is placed on a rotatable table turned past the rolls. p s n An arrangement of this kind is shown m 6 the Figs. l11 to 16, wherein 7 0` denotes the ro- 5 chain wheel 72 is secured.' The boss71 is guided in a bore of a traverse 73 of a frame Y l74 standing on two front le s 75 provided at their lower ends with whee nected with the wheel 72 by a driving chain l and the wheel 77 taking its drive by means of another chain from a. chain wheel 7 9 mounted at the rear end of the frame 74 on a common s indle with a hand wheel 80. By turning t e hand wheel 80 the table 70 is correspondngly turned at slower speed, thereby travelingwlth rollers 81 arranged on its underside on a sup rting plate disposed on the upper side of t e frame 74. At theextreme rear end of the frame 74 a shaft stub 82 is provided which is adapted to receive a handle, not shown,for raising the leg 75 oil' the floor and wheeling the device to some other place of application when this is desired.

To the upper end of the leg 75 a' connecting member 83 is clamped which is provided with afurther clamping connection for receiving a vertical rack rod 84 on whichk a cantilever'arm 85 is longitudinally displaceable through the intermediary of a guide block` 86 provided with a hand-operated pinion engaging in the rack teeth. A clamping member 87 is provided for securing the block 86 in sition o n the rod 84, as required, and or facilitating the raising of the arm y85, by means of the rack gear, the arm is counterbalancedby means of a tension spring 88 anchored to the lower endv of the leg 75 and exerting an upward pull on the arm through the medium of a flexible tension member 89 passing over a guide roller at the top of the rod 84. Alternatively, instead of the spring 88 a counterweight may be used.

0n the free end of the cantilever arm 85 ya mounting member 90'is fixed, so that the.

'stamp S and the mounting member 90 with-- out hindering relative rotation between these last-mentioned members, when in the lowered position of the cantilever arm 85 it is desired to turn the stamp S relatively'to the cheese 1 placed on the table v70, beforev setting the stamp on 'the middle portion of the cheese by depression of the hand lever 92. After the stamp S has been set in proper position on the cheese, the carrier bar 14 for the printing rolls 2, 3, the outer end of which is regulatably suspended from an arm fixed to the mounting member 90 by means of a stirrup 96 ture ofthe surface of the c eese by inserting the pin in a corresponding bore of the stirrup .phd

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9 6. For this purpose the inner end of the carrier bar lt is mounted in a lever arm 98 similar .to the supporting arm 1l of the previous example of the device and rotatably mounted on the horizontal cantilever arm 85. @therwise, the printing rolls and the adjustlng means tor the same as well as the means for supplying the rolls with printing color are ot equal' construction as autore-described.

ll claim:

l. lin a device for marking cheeses or lilre blocks of the type described, in combination, a stamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface tobe marked of the block, a printing appliance for printing the bloclr around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said rinting appliance and providing a pivot joint etween thesetwo parts, two conical elastic println rolls provided'in said printing appliance di i terent radial distances apart from said stamp,

' regulating means tor said printing appliance an inner and an outerannular portion of the for adjusting the level and the inclination ol the axes of said elastic printing rolls with respect to the bloclr and enabling said rolls to adapt their surfaces to the irregularities oi the surface ot the bloclr, and means 'for turning said printing appliance and said block relatively to each other about the axis ot said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on block. v

2. ln a device for marking cheeses 'or like blocks of the type described, in combination,

astamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block,

.a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between these two parts, .two conical elastic printing rolls provided in said printing appliance different radial distances apart from said stamp, a carrier for said printing rolls receiving said rolls on both sides of the same and connected with said mounting means intercalated between said stamp and said printing appliance, regulating means for said printing appliance for adjusting the level and the inclination oi the axes of said elastic printing rolls with respect to the block and enabling said rolls to adapt their surfaces Lto' the irregularitiesl of the surface yof the block, and means lor turning said printing appliance and said block relatively to each other about the asis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outerannular portion ot the block.

3. ln a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a stampA adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block, a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between these two4 parts, two conical elastic"m printing rolls provided in said printing ap pliance did'erent radial distances apart from said stamp, a carrier for said printing rolls receiving said rolls on both sides of the same, a supporting member rotatably accommodating said carrier, a horizontal pivot connection arranged between said supporting member for said carrier and said mountmg means intercalated between said stamp and said printing appliance and adapting said supf' porting member to be rocked in the vertical direction, regulating means :tor said print ing appliance for adjusting the level and the inclinationvof the axes of said elastic printabling said rolls to adapt their surfaces Vto the irregularities of the surface of the block, and means for turning' said printing appliance and said block relatively to each other about the axis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion ot the block. A

4l. ln a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a stamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block, a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between these two parts, two conical elastic printing rolls provided in said printing appliance di'erent radial distances apart from said stamp,'a carrier for said printing rolls, a stirrup for each printing roll adapted to rotatably accommodate the roll, said stirrup being disposed on dil'erent sides ot said carrier, adjusting means interposed between each stirrup and said carrier and adapted to vary the relative inclination of said carrier and the axes of said elastic printing rolls for regulating the inclination ofv said axes with respect to the block, setting meansfor said printing appliance for regulating the level of the axes of said elastic 'printing rolls and enabling in conjunction with said adjusting means to adapt the surfaces of said rolls to the irregularities of the surface of the block land means for turning said printing ap? pliance andsaid block relatively to each other labout the axis of said pivot joint for causing ing rolls With respect to the `block Vandl en#im ldd .les

motion on aninner andan outer annular portion ofthe block. u, e

' 5. In a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a stampA adapted to be set o n the. middle por? tion of the surface to be markedof the block, a printing appliancefor-.printing the 4block around thevcentral impression to`be made with said stamp, --mounting means-o eratively interconnecting said stamp andsa-i printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between these two parts,two conical elastic printing rolls provided in said printing appliance, different radial distances apart from said stamp, a carrier for said printing rolls, a bearing member connected with said carrier for each printing roll, a stirrup for each printing roll, ada ted to rotatably accommodate the roll an disposed respectively on `different sides of said-carrier, a stub shaft secured to each stirrup and rotatably mounted in the related bearing member, adjusting means interposed between said stub shafts and the related bearing-members -for regulating the relative inclination of said carrier and the axes-of'saidI elastic printing rolls by rotation of said stub'shafts in the related bearing members, setting means for said printing appliance for regulating the level of the axes of said elastic printing rolls and enabling in conjunction with said adjusting means to adapt the surfaces of said'vrollsto the irregularities of the surface'of the block, and means for turning said lprinting appliance and said block relatively to `leach other about the axis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rollsto perform a' true rocking mo`- tion n'aninner' andan outer annular portion of theblock; f

6; Ina device for marking cheeses or like blocks'of the type described,"in combination, a stamp adapted'to be set o nthe middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block, a printing appliance for printing .the block around the central" impression to be made with said stamp, .montingpmeans operatively interconnecting said' stamp 'and said prlnting applianceand' providing-a pivot joint between these two arts, two conical elastic printing rolls provlded in saidprinting appliance different radiall distances apart from said stamp', a carrier'forA said printing rolls,- a bearing member connected with said carrier for- 'each printing roll, a stirru for each printing roll, adapted'torctata 1y accommodate the'roll and disposedrespectively on different sides of said carrier, a stub shaft secured to each stirrup and rotatably mounted in the related bearin member, a lever arm secured on said stub s aft, screw means interposed between said lever arms on said stub shafts, and the related bearing 'members for regulating the relative inclination of said carrier and the axes' of said elastic printing rolls by rotation of said stub shafts in the tothe irregularities of the surface of the block, and Ymeans for turning said printing appliance and said block relatively to each other aboutthe axis ofsaid pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the block.

7. In a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a stamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block, a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between these two arts, two conical elastic printing rolls provlded in said printing appliance, diii'erent radial distances apart from said stamp, a carrier for said printing rolls, a bearing member connected with said carrier for each printing roll, a clamping member provided on said carrier for each bearing member and adapted to adjust said bearing members on said carrier in different relative positions to said stamp, a stirrup for each printing roll, adapted to rotatably accommodate the roll and disposed respectively on different sides of said carrier, a stub shaft secured to each stirru and rotatably mounted in the related bearlng member, a lever arm secured on said-stub shaft, screw means interposed between said lever arms on said stub shafts, and the related bearing members for regulating the relative inclination of said carrier and the axes of said elastic printing rolls by lrotation of said stub shafts in the related bearing members, setting means for said printing appliance for regulating the level of the axes of said elastic printing rolls and enabling in conjunction with said adjusting means to adapt the surfaces of said rolls to the irregularities of the surface of the block, and means for turning said printing appliance and said block relatively to each other about the axis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and anl outer annular portion of the block.

8. In a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a stamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be markedof the block,

a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between these two parts, two conical elastic printing rolls provided in Said printing ap- Y imacat i rior of said rolls on deformation of the same for increasing the elasticity of the rolls, regulating means for said printing appliance for adjusting the level and the inclination of the axes of said elastic printing rolls with res ect to the block and enabling said rolls to a apt their surfaces to the irregularities of the surface of the block, and 'means for turning said printing a pliance and said block relatively to each otlier about the axis of sald pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the block.

9. ln a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a Stamp adapted. to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block, a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said rinting a pliance and providing a pivot joint etween t ese two parts, two conical elastic printing rolls provided in said printing appliance,

'dierent radial distances apart from said stamp, a conical wooden core member for said printing rolls, conical bosses of vulcanized rubber aligning with said core member, parallel strips of spunge rubber longitudinally applied to said core member and said bosses, parallel rings of sponge rubber transversely applied to said strips and intermeshing with the same, air passages formed between said intermeshing rings and strips vin longitudinal and transverse annular disposition in said printing rolls, at least one mantle of sponge rubber overlying said core member and said bosses, an exterior rubber covering arranged on said mantle and providing the printing surface for said rolls, regulating means for said printing appliance for adjusting the level and the inclination of the axes of said i elastic printing rolls with respect to the block and enabling said rolls to adapt their surfaces to the irregularities of the surface of the block, and means for turning said printing appliance and said block relatively to each other about the axis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the block.

10. lin a device for markin cheeses or like Iblocks of the type described, 1n combination,

a stamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface to be marked of the block, se mental and annular portions of sponge ru ber constituting the body of said stamp and increasing in number towards the centre thereof, air passages formed between Said segmental and annular portions and adapted to entrap air in increasing quantity towards the centre of the stamp for providing a ready adaptation of the printing surface of the stamp to the surface curvatures of the block, l@ a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means o eratively A interconnecting said stamp and said printing appliance and providing a pivot joint between l5 t ese two parts, two conical elastic rintmfr rolls provided in said printing app iance dierent radial distances apart from said stamp, regulatin means for said printing appliance for adjusting the level and the in- QG' clination of the axes of said elastic printinfr rolls with respect to the block and enabiling said rolls to adapt their surfaces to the irregularities of the surface of the block, and means for turning said printing appli- @5 ance and said block relatively to each other about the axis of said pivot joint for ,causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the block. "9@

11. ln a device for marking cheeses or like blocks of the type described, in combination, a rotatable table for accommodating the block with its surface to be imprinted on top, a stamp adapted to be set on the middle por-A @5 tion of said surface of the block, a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with saidstamp, mounting means operatively interconnectin said printing appliance and said Wl sta-mp an resiliently carrying the latter and provlding a pivot joint between these two parts, two conical elastic printing rolls rotatably mounted in said printing appliance dierent radial distances apart from. said m5 stamp` adjusting means for varying the in` clination of the axes of said printing rolls for regulating the inclination of said axes with respect to the block, a cantilever arm supporting said mountin means for said printing u@ appliance and sai stamp, settin means for said cantilever arm for varying te height of said arm above said table for regulating the level of the axes of said elastic printing rolls and enabling in conjunction with said adjust- M5 ing means to adapt the surfaces of said rolls to the irregularities of the surface of the block, and means for turning said printing appliance and said rotatable table accommodating the block relatively to each other about 32@ the axis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the block.

l2. lln a device for marking cheeses or like 1125 blocks of the type described, 1n combination, a rotatable table for accommodating the block with its surface to be imprinted on top, a stampv adapted to be set on the middle portion of said surface of the block, a printing la@ appliance for printing the block around the l central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnectn said printing appliance and said stamp an resilently carrgm'g the latter and providing a pivot joint etween these two vparts, two conical elastic printing rolls rotatably mounted in said printing appliance different radial distances apart from said stamp, a carrier for said printing rolls receivingsaid rolls on both sides of the same, a supporting member rotatably accommodating said carrier, a horizontal pivot connection arranged between said supporting member for said carrier and said mounting means and adapting said carrier to swing 1n the vertical direction together with said rolls, adjusting means for varying the inclination of the axes of said printin rolls for regulating the inclination of said axes with re-1 spect to the block, a cantilever arm supporting said mountin means for said prlnting appliance and sai stamp, setting means for said cantilever arm for varying t e height of said arm above said table for regulating the level of the axes of said elastic printing rolls and enabling in conjunction with said adjusting means t'o ada t the surfaces of said rollsv to the irregularities of the surface of the block2 and means for turning said printing ap liance and said rotatable table accomm other about the axis of said pivot joint for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular portion of the block.

13. In a device for markin cheeses and like blocks of the type describe in combination, a stamp adapted to be set on the middle portion of the surface of the block to be marked, a printing appliance for printing the block around the central impression to be made with said stamp, mounting means operatively interconnecting said stamp and said printin appliance .and providing a pivot joint tween these two parte, two conical elastic printing .rolls provided in said printing appliance different radial distances apart from said stamp, regulating means for said printin appliance for adjusting the level and t e inclination ofv the axes of said elastic rolls with respect to the block' and enabling said rolls to adapt their surfaces to the irregularities of the surface of the block, and means for causing said printing rolls to perform a true rocking motion on an inner and an outer annular ortion of the block with the stamp presse inl position on the block by virtue of said pivot. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRITZ MOESCHLIN.

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